The Empirical Study on the Development of Listed Private Enterprises in Hubei Province
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 6, December 2020
Pages:
364-374
Received:
28 September 2020
Accepted:
22 October 2020
Published:
11 November 2020
Abstract: In recent years, with the deepening of economic system reform, private enterprises have become an important force to promote the rapid development of Hubei economy. This article based on the research of 56 Hubei private enterprises listed in A-Share market, finding that the listed private enterprises in Hubei concentrate in developed areas, and most of them are labor-intensive enterprises. The overall scale of these enterprises is growing rapidly, but the profitability needs to be improved. The tax burden is not significantly reduced, and many factors restrict the tax reduction policy; the overall financial situation is poor, and there are large differences among industries. Therefore, enterprises should speed up the upgrading and transformation to improve their market competitiveness. The government should carefully study and formulate incentive and support policies suitable for different enterprises and industries, accelerate the development of listed private enterprises in Hubei Province, and at the same time continue to improve the tax system reform and optimize tax behavior, so as to further reduce the tax burden of private enterprises.
Abstract: In recent years, with the deepening of economic system reform, private enterprises have become an important force to promote the rapid development of Hubei economy. This article based on the research of 56 Hubei private enterprises listed in A-Share market, finding that the listed private enterprises in Hubei concentrate in developed areas, and mos...
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The Parallel Link Between Economic Growth and the Growth of Government Spending: Wagner’s Law Visited for Liberia: A Vector Error Correction Methodology
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 6, December 2020
Pages:
375-381
Received:
24 November 2020
Accepted:
9 December 2020
Published:
16 December 2020
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate the validity of Wagner’s law within the context of whether it informs the growth of public expenditure for the periods 1970 to 2020 in Liberia. This study analyzed the link between economic growth, captured as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and government spending in Liberia from 1970 to 2020. The data collected was annual time series data from the World Development Indicator (WDI), Ministry of Finance and Development Planning of Liberia and the World Bank Group website. The data on GDP and government spending were used. Vector error correction (VEC) model which shows the presence of a cointegrating equation or the presence of a long run relationship between the growth of the macroeconomy and the growth of public spending in Liberia was adopted as the suitable methodology to conduct the study. Augmented DF test as well as Unit roots to test for stationarity was used. The author used the Johansen cointegration test to test for long run relationship in the economy. Normality test, Heteroskedasticity as well as LM serial correlation tests for diagnostics were applied. The result showed a strong link between economic growths, captured as GDP and government spending in Liberia over the studied periods and therefore showed that Wagner’s Law is valid for the Liberian economy. There are several studies which show the link between the growth of the macroeconomy and the growth of (government spending) in several countries. There has never been any study on the link between these variables (GDP and Government spending) in Liberia. This study is the first of its kind and therefore contributes to the stockpile of existing literatures on Wagner’s Law. The law which is a very significant law in the parlance of public finance is attributed to the Wagner when he observed the existence of a pattern between how economy growth relative to how the public envelop grows [15]. Wagner’s observed a direct parallel relation between the two variables and concluded that the growth of the macroeconomy is directly associated with the growth of government expenditure.
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to investigate the validity of Wagner’s law within the context of whether it informs the growth of public expenditure for the periods 1970 to 2020 in Liberia. This study analyzed the link between economic growth, captured as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and government spending in Liberia from 1970 to 2020. The data co...
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The Impact of National Debt on Economic Growth in Liberia: A Vector Error Correction Model
Issue:
Volume 9, Issue 6, December 2020
Pages:
382-388
Received:
30 November 2020
Accepted:
16 December 2020
Published:
22 December 2020
Abstract: This research investigated empirically the impact of the government of Liberia (GOL) debt on economic growth from 1970 to 2020. The findings from several studies in different regions of the world present mixed result and at times, controversial results on the impact of debt on the health of a country’s economy. Its objective was to ascertain whether debt, both domestically and foreign, has an impact on economic growth in Liberia over the period of 50 years. Despite the theoretical foundation that debt stymied economic growth, the result from the analysis prove contrary to existing body of literature relative to the Liberian economy. The paper reviewed several literatures from various sources and regions to build the foundation for this work. The work used annual time series data of National debt (both domestic and foreign) and Gross domestic product (GDP) as well as annual data for revenue and expenditure for the periods under research. Data for national debt and GDP were obtained from the world development index, the World Bank and the international monetary fund while data for government revenue and government expenditure were both obtained from the fiscal outturn from the ministry of finance and development planning in Liberia. The paper established that there exists a long run relationship between national debt and economic growth in Liberia. It also established that there exist a bidirectional relationship between national debt and economic growth in Liberia.
Abstract: This research investigated empirically the impact of the government of Liberia (GOL) debt on economic growth from 1970 to 2020. The findings from several studies in different regions of the world present mixed result and at times, controversial results on the impact of debt on the health of a country’s economy. Its objective was to ascertain whethe...
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